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I The Dutch at the Cape (1652–1795), 11

II First Contact of Africander and Briton in Diplomacy (1795), 26

III First Contact of Africander and Briton in War (1795), 46

IV The Africanders’ First Trek to the North (1806–1838), 68

V Second Contact of Africander and Briton—In Natal, 87

VI Second Contact of Africander and Briton—North of the Orange River, 98

VII The Africanders’ Second Trek to the North, 114

VIII The Independent Africander and Slavery, 123

IX Third Contact of Africander and Briton—In the Orange Free State, 135

X Third Contact of Africander and Briton—In the Transvaal, 148

XI The Africanders’ First War of Independence, 165

XII The Africander Republics and British Policy, 178

XIII Causes of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence, 188

XIV Causes of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Continued, 207

XV Causes of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Continued, 221

XVI Causes of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Concluded, 241

XVII The Country of the Africanders, 261